Microsoft to Disable RC4 Kerberos Encryption by Mid-2026: What IT Admins Must Do Now
Microsoft has confirmed it will disable RC4 as the default assumed supported encryption type for Kerberos authentication on Active Directory domain controllers by the end of the second quarter of...
Windows 11 Insider Build 28020.2134 Adds New Controls to Pause, Skip, and Schedule Updates
Microsoft released Experimental Preview Build 28020.2134 to Windows Insiders on May 15, 2026, packing a handful of long-requested update-control features. The new options let users skip updates...
EU Opens Android to Rival AI Assistants as Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Stumbles
Google’s next flagship AI model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, has slipped from its original mid-2026 launch, while the European Commission unveiled detailed rules that will force Google to open Android’s AI...
Claude Code Can Read Your Entire Drive Unless You Lock It Down: 5 Steps for Windows Users
Anthropic’s Claude Code is now in the hands of Windows developers, and it brings with it a deceptively simple permission model that can expose much more than your project files. A new guide from...
Neowin’s New Winget Safety Guide: Why You Should Never Install Apps Without an Exact ID
Neowin published a security-focused guide on July 19, 2026, walking Windows 11 users through the safest way to install apps with the Windows Package Manager (winget). The key takeaway: relying on...
The Hidden Risk of `winget install` on Windows 11 – and the 5-Step Routine That Fixes It
Every day, Windows 11 users fire up Terminal and type a quick command to grab a popular app: winget install vscode. But that shortcut, while convenient, can quietly pull software from a source you...
Survey: 88% of Teachers Use ChatGPT, Yet Only 1 in 3 Districts Have AI Rules
In classrooms across America, teachers are firing up ChatGPT to draft lesson plans, write messages to parents, and tailor materials for special education students—yet most school districts still...
AWS CloudFront VPC Origins Global Outage Exposes Single-Ingress Risk: Canvas, Blackboard, Hugging Face Hit
At 3:45 a.m. ET on July 16, 2026, a capacity limit in a single AWS Frankfurt data center triggered a global outage of CloudFront’s VPC Origins feature. The failure lasted over three and a half...
Windows 11 26H2: Why the 2026 update needs just one reboot and what it means for your PC
Microsoft is set to ship Windows 11 version 26H2 later this year, and for most PCs already on 24H2 or 25H2, the upgrade will look like a routine monthly patch—download, restart once, and get back...
Microsoft Targets File Explorer's Biggest Pain Point: This PC Search Gets a 'Dramatic' Speed Overhaul
File Explorer’s This PC search—long the slowest and most frustrating way to find a file on a Windows 11 machine—is finally getting a dramatic speed upgrade, Microsoft has confirmed. In a reply...
Windows 11 KB5079473 Fixes Multi-Drive Search – But Speed Is Still Your Call
Microsoft shipped a targeted reliability update on March 10, 2026, that directly tackles a stubborn Windows 11 File Explorer flaw: searching across multiple drives from “This PC” often returned...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Metrics Coming for Unlicensed Users — Admin Action Required
Microsoft is quietly adding a new layer of analytics to its Copilot Dashboard: adoption metrics for employees who use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat without a paid license. The feature, slated for...